Atypical pneumonias are characterised by a lack of exudate into alveoli. Instead, the interstitium of the lung is inflamed with a polymorphonuclear cell influx. Typically, consolidation is lacking and chest radiograms are patchily and densely shadowed out of proportion to the severity of clinical features.
Atypical pneumonias include those of:
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